[FIC] Memories

Title: Memories
Characters: Super Junior
Rating: R
Chaptercount: 21/26
Summary: Fifteen people try to find the memories they forgot - or maybe they're just looking for each other.
A/N: A fic written on a hunch. One day I thought; "Super Junior. And vampires. This calls for a fic!" and well.. Here we are? Memories is one of the stories that I'm proud of, despite its sometimes messy storyline. It's also a story that won't be fully understood until you've read it completely. Things will be very confusing as you read, but will also get explained in future chapters. Be warned.

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Misun had acted out of an instinct more than common sense. When Jongwoon had kissed her, she suddenly found all the tiny, desperate shreds of hope jump up from where they had been trampled. Her husband was alive and kicking and he was on her side now. Telling him to break his sire’s power over him had been a long shot, but seeing it work, watching that tie to the cloaked figure snap with the explosion of power, that was something she had even been afraid to dream of. Suddenly she had found her life back and in the euphoria of that moment, she could only kiss him back.

But it didn’t take long for reality to strike her, when she felt the energy in the room shift and almost shivered at the tingly sensation that was Hyukjae’s mind stretching to listen in on others’ thoughts. She let go then, but couldn’t help staring at Jongwoon in awe for a bit longer, a smile tugging up the corners of her mouth. “Later.” she said then, and he repeated the same thing after her, questioningly. “We’ll talk later. Now we have to help our friends.” He nodded to that, turning to look at the situation in the room.

In a corner, Shindong lay limply on the floor, knocked out by the vicinity of Hyukjae’s mental and physical push. Youngwoon, Heechul and Henry were closing in on the cloaked figure, so she immediately shouted at them not to kill him. Her attention was pulled by Hangeng moments later, however, right as the cloaked stranger was sent flying through the room by another one of Hyukjae’s mental hits. It was true that she had told him they’d need him in the battle, but maybe she should’ve also told him to at least be a little careful with the others.

She turned to Hangeng, immediately noticing Li Yin in his arms whose eyes were vivid with rage but who couldn’t move. A ripple of energy already went through the room right at that moment, so she didn’t have time to worry about that. “Hangeng, go take Heechul’s place. Tell him to come here and take care of his girlfriend. They need to go outside with Siwon and Sang Mi.” she told him, motioning Jongwoon to take over Li Yin for a moment. Right then, she could see movement to her right and she looked up to see Sungmin crawl back up on his feet. She was at his side in a blink, helping him up, smiling shortly to show him she was on his side. He was wobbly at first – obviously Jongwoon had not held back – but then stood steady soon after.

“Sungmin, can you take Ryeowook over there outside?” she asked him gently, but with some urge. Behind them she could feel power and energy building up, obviously Hyukjae and the woman were not going soft on each other. “Henry’s safe. He’s back on our side. We need to get out of here if we can. Go!” He obliged to her then, starting to walk away from her to get Ryeowook. She didn’t stay to watch, knowing he would take care of the younger male well.

Instead, she went over to the group holding the stranger. She silently moved to the captive, taking only one look at his eyes to confirm her suspicions. “Youngwoon, Henry, take him outside. Make sure he doesn’t get away. Find Jongwoon and tell him to knock this one out.” she told them, the two taking her orders after a short nod from Hangeng. She then focused on the latter right as a huge blast of energy was reflected by Hyukjae, throwing the woman backwards.

“Where’s Zhou Mi? What the hell is taking him so long?” she growled.

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Zhou Mi was sitting on a rock near the entrance of the room in which everything was going on. He felt kind of useless as he watched Misun and the others take their places and move inside, but then focused on the task she had given him. On his left, Kibum shifted uncomfortably and he felt sorry for the younger who was helping people he didn’t even have any actual memories of - except for the ones he made over the past few hours. But then again, Kibum had always been a bit of a martyr no matter what his connection to them.

He closed his eyes then, trying to remember what it was that Misun had told him. He searched for the hidden spot in his mind and then released all his mental energy on it, shouting out a silent plea for help to the one person who might be able to help them now. In the middle of his concentration, a tremble suddenly went through the ground, making him open his eyes. Kibum shrugged at him, a sign that he didn’t have a clue either. They stared at each other for a moment, before he went back to concentrating.

Moments later he trembled again, but he then realised it wasn’t the ground anymore and really him. He tried not to open his eyes this time, simply trying to find focus. What came next was an ice cold feeling at the back of his neck and suddenly he knew he had been heard. The coldness changed to a soft warmth that clouded his mind as he tried to sink away in it. That’s when a sharp pain struck his cheek and he tumbled right back into awareness, eyes opening in shock.

“Get your act together. The ground has stopped trembling by now.” Kibum told him with a roll of his eyes. He remembered hat gesture as something more Heechul-like, not something Kibum would do. “Misun told you to try and find the guy. Are you terribly stupid or do you just pretend to be?” The younger huffed, before his eyes suddenly widened. “You’re getting terribly pale. Fast. Do you need blood? I know it tastes like crap but I can’t offer you any other than mine..” he immediately stated, worry obvious in his voice despite all the annoyance.

“What? No, I’m fine.” he protested, right as he felt something icy slide up his back again. The next moment there was the awareness that something was approaching him and then suddenly a man appeared in front of them, eyes narrowed. Kibum jumped up immediately, but Zhou Mi took hold of the younger’s hand to keep him from attacking. The stranger eyed them for a moment, giving them a pensive look, before suddenly smiling. It was only then that Zhou Mi noticed the eyes glowing a bright blue.

“It’s you.” the stranger spoke then, nodding slightly. “Very nice to see you. You called? Is something going o- Oh my, apparently so. It’s been a long time since I felt energy levels this high. You must all be here. So what’s the problem?” His voice was light and cheerful, as if he wasn’t bothered about Kibum’s hostility at all.

“Misun told me to tell you that your pet went rabid” Zhou Mi relayed the woman’s words, right as several of their friends came out of the holes leading to the underground room. “And if you don’t do something about it, your two pets might just kill each other.” he then added as an afterthought, before another heavy tremble wrecked through his body.

“That was an impressive effort, kid.” the newcomer said upon noticing the shivering. “But next time don’t do more than you can take with your blood level. I suggest you get some blood in your system again before you pass out and make us have to do the job for you.” The man smiled then. “Now let me go get my children out of each other’s hair. Rowdy bunch.” He grinned, before looking at Kibum shortly. “You. While I’m gone, help this one get some blood. After that; remember.”

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Jongwoon, Siwon, Heechul, Sang Mi and Li Yin reached their two friends right as the unfamiliar man entered the room. Sungmin and Ryeowook came out right at that moment as well, but paid him no attention. The whole group gathered around the two who had been there all along, expecting to find their answers there.

“Who was that?” Heechul managed to ask while fussing over his still immobilised girlfriend. Siwon and Sang Mi however, immediately added an interested: “Was that him?” Zhou Mi nodded, eyes seeming unfocused and distant.

“I need to feed.” he said then as he got up. Immediately Kibum did so as well, hovering around the other and sending suspicious glares into the dark forest. It seemed for a moment that Siwon was going to say something, but Kibum cut him off with a “You all stay here, we’ll be okay.” that seemed reasonable enough. The next moment the model and the redhead disappeared into the forest. Siwon watched them go with a frown, but no matter how much he wanted to, he couldn’t follow them at that moment to make sure they were alright.

“God damn it, I swear I’m going to kill that woman.” Heechul suddenly cursed, when nothing he did seemed to make Li Yin able to move again. What caught his eye next was Henry and Youngwoon dragging the cloaked stranger towards them; the one who had put his girlfriend in her uncomfortable position to begin with. He immediately stalked over to them, but luckily Hangeng came out of the room as well, intercepting his seething friend before he could attack the cloaked vampire.

Heechul growled as his chest slammed against Hangeng’s unmovable arm, but he would never go against his friend’s better judgement. That didn’t help him from glaring at the stranger as he was dragged closer. “Get that…whatever it is out of my girlfriend! If she’s not moving like a normal person in five seconds I’m going to go back inside, get that deranged little sire-lady of yours and tear her apart in front of your eyes. And you’ll come next.” Heechul’s eyes were a vivid red, his rage obvious, but the cloaked stranger merely let out a hoarse laugh, unimpressed.

“Nothing I can do about her.” he croaked, voice cold and hard. “The effect will wear off one day, I guess. I don’t really know since no one’s ever survived it long enough to test that.” He grinned at those words, his eyes sparkling with a fighting spirit that rivalled Heechul’s, but his aura was three times as cold. Heechul roared in rage and lashed out at the guy, but Hangeng quickly pushed him backwards so they couldn’t harm each other.

“Jongwoon, put that one asleep.” he meanwhile ordered the vampire who had silently watched the whole conversation. “And maybe you could calm Chul down a little or something? He’ll need his common sense when Misun comes back out.” The appointed vampire didn’t move, but suddenly Henry yawned and not long after Heechul seemed to calm down a bit too. Jongwoon sighed then, calmly walking closer to his previous sire. The wicked expression in the other’s eyes didn’t bother him, but the things he might possibly find behind the facial mask did. And when he calmly tore the cloth aside, they all gasped in shock.

There, in front of their eyes, sat Jungsoo. Wicked grin, dangerous eyes, but still Jungsoo. Said vampire suddenly growled from deep down in his throat and tried to bite Jongwoon, but luckily the latter was faster. In the blink of an eye, the murderous ex-leader of their group went limp and he would’ve face-planted himself onto the ground if it weren’t for his two captors still holdings his arms in a secure grip. No one spoke anymore, everyone was staring at their passed out leader.

“Well…” Siwon suddenly mumbled, making all of them look up at him. “That was unexpected.” He smiled mirthlessly, but even that soon died away as he frowned at his friends.

“Not really.” Hangeng then interjected. “Misun obviously knew about this.” He huffed, but didn’t seem as offended as Heechul, who let out an annoyed growl. “Misun obviously knows about a lot of things, but she refuses to let others know about them too.” he grumpily stated. “Like how that piece of weird over there apparently is her husband.” His flaming eyes went to Jongwoon who was still staring at Jungsoo’s unmoving body, but none of them had expected the look of utter pain on his face as he sank down on his knees next to the leader.

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Jimin frowned as she found herself unable to move any of her limbs anymore. When she realised what the reason for that probably was, her eyes went wide and she desperately started fighting against the invisible bounds that held her. It was of no use. She was powerless against this enemy. The only comfort she had was that Hyukjae seemed to be in the same situation as her, standing just as frozen a mere few metres away from her.

But she didn’t get much time to celebrate that fact, as right then the owner of the voice that had called her stepped into view. She froze, even more than because of the previously given order. The glowing blue eyes were so vivid they made her want to cringe away. They were like a constant reminder of how everything started, how her world was turned upside down that one fateful night when she had been on her way home from a concert she had always wanted to see.

Ironic how her biggest dream had turned into her biggest nightmare in the end. All because they left her waiting at an exit for hours only to never see anyone show up there. She had been disappointed, hurt mostly, as she started on her way home, and then there was an alley where eyes glowed blue and purple and her innocence was taken away from her. Pain had been very present that night. And an excruciating hatred for those who had been the reason for her to walk through that alley at such late hours.

She had never forgiven them for it. In fact, she had forced them into the nightmare with her. It didn’t take that much effort, just some sabotaging and a few bites here and there. Pushing Kangin off a cliff during his army service, sabotaging Leeteuk, Eunhyuk and Shindong’s car when coming home from a show recording, plucking Donghae out of his apartment and making it look like suicide, attacking Kyuhyun after the burial of his friends, making Hangeng and Zhou Mi’s plane crash on their way back to China, surprising Kibum and Siwon after one of their many church services, ‘saving’ Heechul during the unexpected shooting where he almost died, pulling Ryeowook out of the composing studio after it exploded, changing Sungmin while he was on one of his mountain climbing trips and lastly attacking Henry on one of his walks through the forest.

But not Jongwoon. Not Jongwoon with his pregnant wife and his cute smile. Not Yesung who had stolen her heart from day one with his gorgeous voice. And now look at her. That same Jongwoon died in a car accident not much later and Jungsoo only barely made it in time to change him. That same Jongwoon planned for ten years to find his friends and destroy whoever brought this upon them after she gave him Kyuhyun as company.

She wanted nothing more than to kill all of them now, kill the stupid little excuses for men that they were. But maybe she would spare Jungsoo, who had stayed by her side even when she allowed him to go. Jungsoo who loved her despite everything. Even though he didn’t say it with quite that many words, she heard it in his voice and felt it in his touches.

“Jimin.” that dreadful voice then spoke, interrupting her thoughts, reducing her to a scared mess again. “So many years and you’re still angry? So many years and still so much hate.” There was a hand put on her shoulder that strangely comforted her, made her want to hide away in those arms, despite knowing who was behind them. She heard herself wail slightly and the next moment the arms did wrap around her. She hid in them like a scared little girl.

“Jimin, dear, there’s no need to be angry at them. They did nothing wrong. If you want to be angry, I should be on the receiving end.” She hummed something distantly agreeing, not really caring what he was talking about but just wanting him to hold her tight. She allowed her mind to be overwhelmed by the presence of her sire.

“Hyukjae..” that same voice then spoke a name she hated so much, even though she didn’t quite remember anymore why now. “Relax. No one’s going to hurt you anymore except for yourself. If you keep this mindreading thing up, your head will hurt a lot later on.” Jimin wasn’t exactly sure how or what, but she could feel the air going thinner, as if released from a huge energy. The next moment a silent order reached her and she sank away into sleep not long after.